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toco.

Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtəʊ.kəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtoʊ.koʊ/US
  1. Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.

    British · obsolete · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (*ṭhokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).

noun
  1. Synonym of toco toucan

Where this word comes from

From taxonomic name Ramphastos toco.

noun
  1. Crateva tapia, a fruit tree of South and Central America.

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